Be sure to check Changelog before updating

Update utility

for update created utility update.sh

Run it

./update.sh

The first time you update, the system will ask you for a password to the maintenance system and an update certificate (a certificate without a password, just press [Enter]). 
The renewal certificate is provided by ABillS Support.

When updating the system

  * shows the last 10 web interface errors.

  * updates the database structure.

  * warns about updating commercial modules.

  * makes a backup of the current system in the /usr/abills_YYYY_MM_DD directory

Update from development branch

Use this type of update only if you know what you are doing

./update.sh  -b dev

Update license

./update.sh -dl

Check fields of database 

The utility checks the presence of the required fields in the database

/usr/abills/misc/db_check/db_check.pl

System rollback

if you need to roll back, just copy the files from the /usr/abills_YYYY_MM_DD backup directory to /usr/abills/

# cp -r /usr/abills_YYYY_MM_DD/*  /usr/abills/

Move the system from server to server

On the old server

• make a backup of the SQL database

/usr/abills/libexec/periodic backup

• copy backup to new server

scp  /usr/abills/backup/stats-2018-08-04.sql.gz abills_admin@10.10.10.1:~

• Copy the config file to the new server

scp  /usr/abills/libexec/config.pl abills_admin@10.10.10.1:~

On a new server

• Install abills

• Unzip archive

gzip -d stats-2018-08-04.sql.gz

• Copy the configuration file config.pl to /usr/abills/libexec/

• Restore beckup

mysql -D abills < stats-2018-08-04.sql

• Run the database matching utility

cd /usr/abills/misc/db_check
./db_check.pl

• Check logs

/usr/abills/var/log/sql_errors
/var/log/httpd/abills-error.log